Portland in the News: Best Bites of 2025, Airport Animals, Name a Plow & More | December 24, 2025

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Holiday travel can be anxiety inducing. Luckily, the Portland Airport has service animals to snuggle including 20 dogs and 2 llamas.

We won’t be seeing a white Christmas this year but there’s still time to name the city’s newest snowplows.

And when you’re tired of holiday cooking, take a look at Bridgetown Bites top Bites of the Year.

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• Travel Oregon: Top James Beard Award-recognized restaurants in Oregon
• City of Portland: Portland’s snowplow naming contest returns
• OregonLive: Portland is one of the 20 best cities to celebrate Christmas
• Here is Oregon: Our critics name the top 25 best dishes of 2025
• Bridgetown Bites: Favorite bites of 2025
• Willamette Week: It’s the most wonderful time of the year: whale watching week
• OPB: Portland’s airport therapy animals 
• OregonLive: When will Portland get a 5pm sunset?